We are pleased to release the next ONLINE bioinformatics courses for UK based researchers working within the NERC remit; these are held online over 2 days and...they are FREE! Register on neof.org.uk/training/ Advanced R Community: 8&10 Sep 2026 (Register by Monday 24/8) and many more...

Are you a researcher within NERC remit? Do you want to unlock the Power of eDNA? ➡️ attend NEOF's next In-Person Wet Lab & Bioinformatics Training (Sheffield, 13-17/7/26). Register before 1/6! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

This year‘s #UKDNAWG meeting in #Sheffield was an absolute whirlwind of updates and productive discussions. Thank you so much @ukdnawg.bsky.social for having me and your enthusiasm for #eDNAEurope! 🤩

Deadline extended 📢 In-person registration for the Ecological Genetic Groups (EGG) 2026 conference is open until 30 March ⌛

🧬 Last call for registration for the hashtag#UKEOF hashtag#UKDNA Working Group Conference at the University of Sheffield on 13–15th April 2026. 🧬Registration is open until 20th March via this link: onlineshop.shef.ac.uk/conferences-...

Look what I found! Can't believe I kept it for so long ... plus the EGG cup from the 60th meeting at Aberystwyth. One of my favourite meetings—can't wait to host the 70th in Sheffield next month! Register now—just a few days left! www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/egg2...

Today is your last chance to register for our free conference 'Sensing the Environment: Emerging Technologies for Monitoring and Decision-Making'. 24 February, online. Programme, etc. here: ukeof.org.uk/conference/c... #ukeof2026 #environment #monitoring #data #sensors #technology #innovation

Just one week left to submit your abstract for this year's UKDNA working group conference!

UKEOF UKDNA Working Group @ukdnawg.bsky.social · 6mo ago

📢 Calling all #eDNA folks!! 🧬 Abstract submission is open for the #UKEOF UKDNA Working Group Conference 2026 #UKDNAWG26! 🧬 Submit your Abstract via this link! forms.gle/epwnz5PFdrrt...

The Ecological Genetics Group (@bes-egg.bsky.social) celebrates 70 years of ecological genetics with a three-day conference, 15-17 April 2026. This conference will highlight new research and developments shaping the future of the field. 📝Abstract submissions are now open. Deadline: 15 February 2026

Join us in Sheffield this April to celebrate 70 years of the Ecological Genetics Group Abstract submission is closing soon!

BES Ecological Genetics Group@bes-egg.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🎉 #EGG2026 Celebrating 70 Years of Ecological Genetics!🥚🧬 A milestone meeting for ecologists and practitioners 📍 Sheffield + Online (Hybrid) 📅 Abstract by 15 Feb 🎟️ Register by 15 Mar britishecologicalsociety.org/content/egg2... @britishecologicalsociety.org #Ecology #Genetics #eDNA

New PDRA position with @knightjar.bsky.social @coytelab.bsky.social & me Community assembly processes in soil microbiomes with focus on bioinformatics and computational modelling of data from field and lab experiments www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Two PhD positions available to come and work with us - please share! [1] Detecting rapid evolutionary responses to climate change in UK plants tinyurl.com/ye262pk2 [2] Natural GM: The role of horizontal gene transfer in crop adaptation and evolution tinyurl.com/32tkce2w

🚨 NEW PAPER: eDNA in the Intertidal 🧬 
We explored how eDNA reveals marine biodiversity across UK rocky shores from local patterns to national trends 🌊 
Read it in Journal of Environmental DNA 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #eDNA #Intertidal #Biodiversity #PhDlife

Characterizing Rocky Intertidal Biodiversity Using Environmental DNA Metabarcoding From Local to National Scales

We assess the resolution of eDNA metabarcoding for detecting rocky intertidal taxa across three spatial scales—national, regional, and local. Distinct eDNA signals were observed at each scale, with c...

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Groundbreaking work on the use of eDNA for characterizing intertidal biodiversity, comparing it to my MarClim time-series from @dinathebiologist.bsky.social, myself, Tom Webb, Helen Hipperson, and Matt Spencer @thembauk.bsky.social @livuniresearch.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Characterizing Rocky Intertidal Biodiversity Using Environmental DNA Metabarcoding From Local to National Scales

We assess the resolution of eDNA metabarcoding for detecting rocky intertidal taxa across three spatial scales—national, regional, and local. Distinct eDNA signals were observed at each scale, with c...

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Three Bicentenary research fellowships on offer at @officialuom.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social for exceptional ECRs with <3y postdoc experience 3yrs salary + £30k pa research expenses Do you have a great idea & want to join @mermanchester.bsky.social? www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/sup...

Was great to see Josh Wright presenting on the evolutionary history of mergansers at this year's @bes-egg.bsky.social meeting. Nice to know more of the background to the study ahead of Josh’s @nerc-eof.bsky.social-supported project on whole-genome re-sequencing of scaly-sided merganser.

#EGG2025: On scales of time 📆17-19 September 📍 Online Join the Ecological Genetics SIG for its 69th Annual Meeting, exploring all facets of ecological genetics with a focus on the impacts of time. 🔗

#EGG2025: On scales of time - British Ecological Society

Join the Ecological Genetics SIG for their Annual Meeting focusing on the impacts of time on organisms and processes.

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Just out in Science: we demonstrate a micro-evolutionary shift in a single generation, involving thousands of genomic loci, giving younger ash trees more resistance to ash dieback, on average, than their parents www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp2990

Rapid polygenic adaptation in a wild population of ash trees under a novel fungal epidemic

Rapid evolution through small shifts in allele frequencies at thousands of loci is a long-standing neo-Darwinian prediction but is hard to characterize in the wild. European ash tree (Fraxinus excelsi...

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An informal icebreaker session before the start of @nerc-eof.bsky.social @m-gemmell.bsky.social's R Community workshop this morning - "What would your walk-on song be if you were a wrestler?" - playlist compiled by Gavin Gouws from everyone's suggestions! music.apple.com/gb/playlist/...

Our Wrestling Walk-On Songs by Gavin Gouws on Apple Music

Playlist · 17 Songs

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Revolutionise your biodiversity surveys with eDNA! 🧬 Our in-person training (Sept 8-12, 2025) covers wet lab techniques (DNA extraction to Illumina library prep) & bioinformatics (raw data to taxonomy & diversity analysis). Choose one or both! Register by July 21st: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🚨 Out now in #EnvironmentalDNA led by #MiwaTakahashi: Results of a huge, global effort to facilitate the publication of raw and processed #eDNA data & ensure that dataset we are currently generating, adhere to the #FAIR principles & won't be lost. @gbif.org, #ENA, doi.org/10.1002/edn3...

A Metadata Checklist and Data Formatting Guidelines to Make eDNA FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable)

Environmental DNA (eDNA) has emerged as a transformative tool for biodiversity monitoring and species detection, yet inconsistent metadata practices hinder data interoperability and reuse. To address...

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📣 #EGG2025: On Scales of Time 📍 National Museum Cardiff & Online 📅 17–19 Sep 2025 ✔️ Abstracts close 31 May ✔️ Registration closes 31 Jul britishecologicalsociety.org/content/egg2... Don’t miss cutting-edge talks, posters & socials across time-scales in ecological genetics! 🦊🦗🐡🌲🍄🌾

#EGG2025: On scales of time - British Ecological Society

Join the Ecological Genetics SIG for their Annual Meeting focusing on the impacts of time on organisms and processes.

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A surreal experience standing at the Royal Society podium to share my PhD research at the @ukdnawg.bsky.social Conference. Grateful for the opportunity to present my work on eDNA for coastal monitoring and to connect with such a brilliant community of researchers 🧬

📰🐑New Paper! PhD researcher @lizziedrake.bsky.social and collaborators looked at how harsh environments in a Soay's first year can have lasting impacts on reproduction and lifespan, and how they differ for males and females. Read it here: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

I’m speaking at @pintofscience! 🍻🧬Join me to explore how climate change is transforming our oceans — and how DNA might be able to help🌊 🗓️ Tue 20 May 2025 🕖7–9 PM (Doors 6:30 PM) 📍 Frederiks, 32 Hope Street, Liverpool 🎟️ £5 (tickets linked) pintofscience.co.uk/event/scienc...

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What is the logic behind certain food prices? What is the reality of raising a child with more than one language? How does climate change affect habitats f…

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🔎👀 TropEco Lab is hiring, please share! 🚨 🌍🌴 Position: Senior Research Associate / Research Associate in Field and Molecular Ecology. 🪲🐝🦋 Task: You will use iDNA & eDNA to build bee-plant and dung beetle-mammal networks in the Brazilian Amazonia, Ghana, & Malaysia. Further details -> bit.ly/4lurR9z

Great to see @joellanos.bsky.social and Penny Watt's paper out this month highlighting the use of soil eDNA for monitoring earthworms. 🪱🧬 Environmental DNA is more effective than hand sorting in evaluating earthworm biodiversity recovery under regenerative agriculture doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...

📰🐑 We're on the cover! If you haven't already seen it, check out a piece about how our long term field research helps studying ageing in the wild.

Nature Aging@nataging.nature.com · last yr.

🗞️Our March issue is live!📷This month we're featuring work on sarcopenia, senescence, cognitive resilience, the effects of body temperature on healthspan and much more… Read it all here: nature.com/nataging/vol...

Do giraffes struggle with food shortages in the dry season or do their long necks give them an advantage? @uom-ees.bsky.social PhD student @jgranweiler.bsky.social @susanneshultz.bsky.social joins #NEOF to sequence #giraffe faecal samples & uncover how seasonality impacts diet🦒🌿

Sign up to our next MEE live now! Join Abby Keller for this free online workshop, to find out more about eDNAjoint, new eDNA modelling tool 🧬 🌎 🧪 📆 19th March, 4pm GMT Find more information and register here 👇 https://buff.ly/4k2hjO8